lived a private life – and was a director at Julius Berger, a German construction and engineering company; Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company Limited, a Nigerian-German construction company. He was widely respected for his military professionalism and disciplinary pedigree, he was an associate and close friend of General Ibrahim Babangida. Death He died on 3 January 2019, in a German hospital after a protracted illness. References 1945 births 2019 deaths Nigerian Air Force air marshals Governors of Kano State Ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)